Darcy Spencer is a general assignment reporter for News4.
A Maryland native, Spencer’s journalism career started with community newspapers. She reported for Maryland’s Dundalk Eagle, the Martinsburg Journal in Martinsburg, WV, and The Northern Virginia Daily in Winchester, VA. Her commitment to telling the stories of people and events in the community crossed into television when she began working for Montgomery County Cable.
Spencer’s first on-air job was for NBC25 in Hagerstown, MD. While there, she reported on the Middle East Peace Talks in Shepherdstown, WV as well as issues relating to Y2K. Spencer also filed reports from Bosnia, Honduras, the Azore Islands, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Her traveling continued in Germany and Brussels when she was awarded a fellowship from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
In 2000, Spencer joined C-TV, the Prince George’s County news station, as an anchor/reporter. She anchored the evening news and reported on stories from all over the County. On September 11th, Spencer was sent to Ground Zero in New York to report on the attack on the World Trade Center.
Spencer joined News4 in 2001 as the station’s first Chopper 4 reporter, filing stories from high above the Washington area. Since then, she has reported on major stories including the DC area sniper spree, the anthrax investigation, and Hurricane Isabel.
Spencer is a past board member for the American News Women’s Club and Community Crisis Services. She and her two children live in Maryland.
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Student attacked in high school bathroom was targeted for money won in fight club, sheriff says
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office charged two high school students in connection with a fight and robbery inside a school bathroom after the victim won money in a fight club. The attack took place during school hours Tuesday at Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland. According to the sheriff’s office, the student was targeted for money, but...
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‘It's a relief': Former Prince George's County officer wins retaliation lawsuit
A federal jury awarded a former Prince George’s County police officer hundreds of thousands of dollars after she said she was retaliated against for reporting a sexual assault by another officer. In an interview only on News4, former officer Kara McMurray spoke about the verdict. McMurray spoke on camera for the first time a day after winning a verdict...
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27-year-old making food delivery is killed in DC hit-and-run by stolen car driver
A 27-year-old man died after the driver of a stolen car crashed into his car in Southeast D.C. as he delivered a food order with his girlfriend alongside him. The search for the driver is ongoing. Steven Faison Jr., of Southeast, was the victim. He was a “gentle giant,” his sister, Jasmine Campbell, said. He was “a lovable uncle –…
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Video of boy being violently attacked raises concerns at Adelphi middle school
Video shared on social media of a boy being violently attacked caused concern and prompted an investigation at a middle school in Adelphi, Maryland. The disturbing video circulated among students at Sonia Sotomayor Middle School shows a boy being led by people wearing ski masks. He’s ordered to get on his knees, and a countdown begins. A gun is...
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16-year-old pleads guilty to attempted murder on school bus in Oxon Hill
A 16-year-old boy pleaded guilty on Thursday to the attempted murder of a 14-year-old on a school bus in Oxon Hill, Maryland, last year. Kaeden Holland pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and use of a gun in the commission of a crime. Holland was charged as an adult after the attack on a Prince George’s County school bus...
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‘Justice for my child': Mother sues Prince George's school board for negligence over classroom fight
A mother is suing the Prince George’s County Board of Education for negligence following allegations of a classroom fight involving her daughter that took place in front of a teacher and was caught on video.
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Man helping passenger out of limo struck and killed by drunk driver in Laurel
A Northern Virginia family is grieving the loss of a father of two, who was working as a limo driver to support his family when he was killed in a crash in Laurel, Maryland.
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Group collects 1,000 pounds of trash in one day to help clean DC
An excessive amount of trash is piling up on Suitland Parkway in D.C. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on a fed up group that’s picking up the garbage.
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Widower working to toughen Maryland bike lane laws after River Road tragedy
Dan Langenkamp lost his wife, Sarah, in a bike crash on River Road in Montgomery County in 2022. The diplomat and mother of two young boys was riding in a bike lane when a driver hit and killed her. “It’s like being a single parent, with a big layer of sadness over the household,” Langenkamp said. When the driver only…
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1 killed, 2 hurt in shooting near carryout in Northeast DC
Police are investigating a shooting on North Capitol Street NE.